Trunk



Oct. 5, 1925. 1,556,153

- C. R. LINDENBERG TRUNK Filed July 50 1524 gwuenfoz Carl Lindenbazy Patented Oct. 6, 1 925. UNITED STATES 1,556,153 PATENT OFFICE,

CARL It. LINDENBEBG, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE INDESTRUCTO TRUNK COMPANY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

TRUNK.

Application filed July 30, 1924. Serial No. 729,171.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL R. LINDENBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in trunks, and is especially directed to the so-called wardrobe type of trunk, wherein articles of wearing apparel are supported upon hangers situated within the trunk and maintained thereby in an orderly and well kept condition, the-object of the invention being to provide a trunk of this character with means upon what may be termed the head end thereof for preventing the trunk, during transportation, from being stood on said-end, in order that the garments within the trunk may be kept properly positioned upon the hangers or in the respective compartments of the trunk in which they are situated, and to prevent the disarrangement of the garments by reason of improper handling of the trunk, the construction being such that the trunk will be incapable of assuming an upright position with the head end thereof on the floor or other support, since there is provided a convex projection on the head of the trunk for preventing such a position.

In the past it has been proposed to produce trunks of this type wherein the head end of the trunk is of concavo convex formation to secure the end above stated. This formation is costly to produce and from a manufacturing standpoint is not desirable. Therefore, to secure the desired end without resorting to an unnecessarily expensive construction, I have provided a wardrobe trunk consisting of two hingedly connected sections and wherein the walls defining the head end of the trunk have connected in any suitable manner therewith a pair of interfitting rigidly retained attachments which are so formed that in the event a trunk is deposited upon its head end the said attachment will serve to cause the trunk to assume an unbalanced, angular position, directing the baggage operators attention to the factthat the trunk has been improperly deposited and compelling the operator to change the position of the trunk to its normal upright one.

Another object resides in constructing the attachment in two halves, one half being! connected with one section of the trunk and the other half with the other section, whereby when the two sections of the trunk are secured in locked relation a unitary attachment will be presented for accomplishing the above specified objects.

IVith these and other objects in view, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangements of parts hereinafter to be fully described and pointed out in the ap pended claim.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wardrobe trunk illustrating the application of my improved attachment thereto,

Figure 2 is an end view of the trunk,

Figure 3 is an enlarged elevation showing the tilting attachment applied to the trunk, and

Figure 4: is a sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 designates an ordinary wardrobe trunk. This trunk may be of any desired construction but in the form illustrated consists of a base section 2 and a cover section 3, which sections are hingedly connected in the usual manner common in trunks of this character. The interior of the sections may be provided with the ordinary compartments or drawers suitable for the retention of articles of wearing apparel or the like and the design of these compartments are governed by the desires of the manufacturer.

To prevent the trunk from being deposited upon the head end thereof so as to overcome the possibility of disorder in the arrangement of the garments within the trunk, I have constructed the latter to include a tilting structure 4. This structure consists of a pair of strongly constructed semi-oval shaped plates 5 which in cross section are of substantially concave convex formation, as more particularly disclosed in Figure 4:. Each of the plates includes an out-turned attaching flange 6, which is riveted or otherwise rigidly secured to the wall 7 defining the head end of the trunk by the employment of fastening devices 8. The meeting faces of the plates 5 are formed with inturned flanges 9 which extend throughoutthe length of the plate and serve to provide reinforcing or strengthening ribs which are of such design as to prevent the plates from losing their concavo convex formation, and to retain this formation even though the trunk meets with the severest of handling. ()ne of the flanges 9 is provided with an offset lip 10, which is arranged to project across the lower edge of the other cooperative flange 9 soas to strengthenvthe tilting structur at the joint defined by the meeting edges of the sections 2 and 3 of the trunk.

From the foregoing it will be seenthat there is provided a structure designed for ready application to Wardrobe trunks which will effectively serve to prevent innproper positioning of the trunk during transportation, and further, a structure is provided of marked strength and durability together with economy in manufacture. The attachment is of such form as to readily adapt itself to the end of a trunk of square or flat formation, which lends itself more readily to economical formation.

Further, the attachment provides a design characterized first, by its lightness ,in weight, and second its ability to withstand the shocks and jars incident to rough handling.

union between said plates when the latter are 111 active positions.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CARL R. LINDENBERG. 

